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Seventh sires’ championship for Kayf Tara

Britain’s leading National Hunt stallion for a seventh time, Kayf Tara enjoyed his best ever season in 2015-16, his five Grade 1 winners led by Horse of the Year Thistlecrack. With earnings of £2,258,332, the…

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Cracking good season continues

Thistlecrack strike again with another Grade 1 win at Aintree. Another successful Festival meeting for Kayf Tara saw the outstanding Thistlecrack win his third Grade 1 event of the season with victory in the Liverpool…

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Kayf Tara passes £2 million in earnings

Five Grade 1 winners cap an extraordinary season. For the first time in his stud career, Kayf Tara’s progeny have earned more than £2 million in prize-money, leaving him in contention near the top of…

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Another big prize for Kayf Tara

Value At Risk wins Fairyhouse Grade 2 contest. Dan Skelton’s foray to Ireland with the Kayf Tara gelding Value At Risk proved to be a fruitful one when the seven-year-old landed the Grade 2 Keelings…

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Racing Post rates Thistlecrack the best hurdler in training

The leading staying hurdler rated superior even to Faugheen. Kayf Tara’s outstanding son Thistlecrack, so impressive when turning the G1 World Hurdle into a procession of honour, has been afforded a rating of 178 by…

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Schiaparelli: his Cheltenham connections

Pedigrees of the biggest winners of the week point to young Overbury stallion. Champion Hurdle winner Annie Power and Gold Cup hero Don Cossack both have echoes of Schiaparelli’s pedigree in their antecedents. Schiaparelli is…

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Kayf Tara could make history

Leading British stallion challenging the best in Ireland at the top of the table. Kayf Tara finished Cheltenham week as not only the Festival’s leading sire, but as the leading living stallion in Britain and…

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Thistlecrack seals super week for Kayf Tara

World Hurdle winner is third Grade 1 Festival winner for his sire. Thistlecrack, who is unbeaten this season, claimed the third Grade 1 win of his career with a facile victory in the Ryanair World…

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Grade 1 Cheltenham double for Kayf Tara

Blaklion and Ballyandy triumph on jump racing’s biggest stage. The British-bred duo of Blaklion and Ballyandy provided a memorable day for Kayf Tara when each landing a Grade 1 race at the Cheltenham Festival. Both…

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